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Players Get Back Pay

Major league baseball clubs gave players more than $3.5 million in back pay yesterday as the first act under the new collective bargaining agreement, the Players Relations Committee said.

The money went to players -- such as REY ORDONEZ of the Mets ($109,000) and DEREK JETER of the Yankees ($120,00) -- who last year had a salary under $150,000, which retroactively became the minimum salary for the final third of the season.

Ordonez received an additional $14,141 and Jeter an extra $10,347.

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A version of this article appears in print on March 21, 1997, on Page B00024 of the National edition with the headline: Players Get Back Pay. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe